Cigarette-rolling device



A. C.- H. HOLDBROOK. CIGARETTE ROLLING D/EVICE; nrmcmou man My 5.1920.

Patented May 31, 1921.

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I Z 0 all 'w kom ima 'comm 'Be it knownthat I, ALBERT C. H. Hone}. BROOK, Ia citizen-of the United States, and resident of thecity of Providence, 1n the county of Providence and State of 'Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette-Rolling Devlces, ofwhich the following is a specification,

This invention relates to the" pocket type of cigarette-rolling-devices, and has for its object to. provide-a simple and effective device into which tobacco may be deposited and rolled into. cylindrical form and a wrapper insertedtherein and rolled about the tobaccoto .form a complete cigarette, all by rotating the operating handle.

I .The nature. and advantages of the invention will be better understood when the following detail description is taken in connection with the accompany ng drawlngs, the invention residing in the combination and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawings forming part of 'thls specification, like numerals of reference inwherein: Figure 1' isa dicate similar parts in the several views and perspective view of my improved cigarette-rolling device, showing the edge of a cigarette-wrapperextending from the casing. v

Fig. 2 is. a central sectional end elevation illustrating the arrangement of the rolls within the casing, showing the casing in closedposition causing the rolls to engage a cigarette which is shown centrally located therein.

. Fig. 3 shows the halves of the casing as drawn apart to permit the tobacco to be deposited between-the rolls. a

Fig. 4; is a rear end View of the caslng,

showing the spring -member which tends to move the frame halves to open position when released. a V

Fig. 5 is an end view of the casing taken on line 55'of Fig. 6, illustrating the teeth of the gears by the conventional broken lines, the centers of which gears being arranged about a circle upon the ends of the rolls, each engaging a central gear whereby all are operated in unison; also showing the lock-member for retaining the frame-halves in closed position.

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal elevation with one of the halves removed; showing the handle of the central gear which serves to operate CIGARETTE-ROLLING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 5, 1920." ser al se i Pa ented May 31, 1921.

the: gears on all of the other rolls surroundns -w y Fig. 7 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of oneofthe tubular rollers. Fig. 8 showsv one end of a;-tubularro'll withgslots therein-forming-gear teeth. e

F ig'. 9'; is anaend view showing the main gear having its teethiengaging the slots in the tubular roll. v

With reference to the drawings, 10 designates the frame as formed in halves, which frame is vpreferablyconstructed in cylindrical form having end portions11 and 12. One o f the frame ends-is provided with an ear member l3 which servesas a; pivot or hinge upon which the halves are pivotallyconnected together. This same. half is. also provided. with a central earmember 14 at each end. Into the ear. 14 at one .end is threaded a screw which binds the. opening yoke-shaped spring member 15in position, the central ear 16 at the opposite end serving to receive. the pivotpin '17 upon which ,thehandle 18gturns. r

The end plates 11 of these frame halves are provided with bea ing openings 19 arranged about in a"circle for'xthepurpose of receiving the bearing pins "20 of therolls 21.- These rolls are preferably formed .in tubular shape extending longitudinally the length of the tubular frame of the; device andintothe ends of each of which-these bearing'pinsareforced. Y x: 1 The peripheries of these rolls are. pref: erably corrugated or roughened and-are place in close proximity to eachother when the frame halves are in clo'sedposition.

v The bearing pins 23 of thelowermost roll 22 extendt rough these ears .13 and serve asv a' pivot pin, upon which the frame halves swing in moving from open-to closed posi-' tion and ;vice-'versa. a

In order toghpermit -the frame. halves :to swing to open positionI have left a space 24 in the bottom of the tubular frame and in order to lockthese frame halves in closed swung to open position, I have'turned the free end 28 of the lock spring downwardly so that it may be readily engaged by the thumb-nail of the operator to lift its lock lug 27 from the space 24, whereby the U- shaped spring 15 at the opposite end of the.

the halves are swung apart as illustrate-d in Fig. 3, a portion only of the p-inions engages this central gear.

In the operation of my improved cigarette-rolling device it is only necessary to first withdraw the spring 25 from the slot 24 then the frame halves spring open under action of spring 15; the tobacco is then deposited between the rolls and the halves moved to closed position, the handle 18 is then rotated causing all of the rolls to rotate in unison and roll the tobacco into cylindrical shape after which the edge of the wrapper 31 is tucked down between the tobacco and the rolls when another rotation of the handle causes the wrapper to be drawn in and passed around beneath the-tobacco; the upper edge of the wrapper is then moistened and the rolling completed, after which the frame is again opened and the finished cigarette removed.

The operation maybe repeated as often as desired.

lhe device is very simple, compact and may be carried in the pocket of the user, and by its use a cigarette may be made very rapidly byafew' turns of the operating handle.

It is found in practice that in some instances instead of forming a gear 29 on'a pin 20 and connecting it to "the roll 21, as illustrated in Fig. 7, slots 82 may be formed through the tube of the roll near the end thereof, as illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9, which slots may be engaged by the teeth 33 of the main driving gear 30.

susceptible, the invention being defined and V limitedonly by the terms of the appended claims.

1. A. cigarette-rolling device comprising a frame,a plurality of elongated rolls arranged in a circle with their peripheries close together and having end bearings in said frame, a gear on one end of each roll, and a central driving gear adapted to engage all of said gears and a handle by which the whole maybe rotated'in unison.

2. A cigarette-rolling device comprising a divided frame having its halves hinged together, a plurality of elongated rolls arranged in a circle having theirperipheries in close proximity to each other and having bearings in said frame halves, agear on each roll, a main central hand-operated gear for engaging the gears on all of said rolls to rotate them in unison, said frame halves being adapted to'be swung apart to receive the tobacco then close, and means for locking theframe halves inclosed position.

3. A cigarette-rolling device comprising a frame, a plurality of tubular-elongated rolls arranged in a circle with their peripheries in close proximity to each other'and having end bearings in said frame, gear teeth formed on one end of each roll by providing circumferentially spaced-apart slots through the tube, a central driving gear having teeth adapted to engage. the said gear slots in all of said roll gears, and a handle by which said central gear and said rolls may be rotated in unison.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ALBERT o. H. HOLDBROOK.

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